cream jug

Summary

Pear-shaped cream jug tapering to flared neck with narrow projecting lip and undulating shaped rim. Three applied paw feet each topped with scallop shell, applied strap loop handle with vertical ribbing and pinched and flattened spur at lower terminal. Fine two-part slip-cast body with relief decoration on each side, of a cherub amongst fruiting grape vines. Join marks of two halves disguised by narrow plain relief band running from lip to handle. Body decorated with scattered daubs of underglaze cobalt blue.